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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP ,

Even Mayor voted for building more apartments in RM cluster despite [b]schools being at 120%[/b].

She made a U turn regarding overcrowding. She voted to oppose the increase from 110% to 120% few years ago. But now she thinks it's perfectly all right to keep building more even after 120%.

Just avoid RM cluster. It's not for families who value education. With 3 kids, we made a poor choice and it will be hard to move out, but you don't need to make the same mistake.[/quote]

Which schools in the Richard Montgomery cluster are currently at 120%?[/quote]

The RM cluster lobbied for years to get a new elementary school to alleviate overcrowding.  Until this current school year, 3 of the 4 cluster ES were at 130%+
According to statistics from last year's boundary study, without the new school being built, this year's projected enrollment at Beall would have been 133%, College Gardens 129%, and Ritchie Park 141%. Twinbrook was lowest at just over 100%  Overcrowding at these schools has been problem for a long time and was finally JUST alleviated this year.  [b]Why re-create the problem all over again??[/b]  RM is overcrowded with MCPS projections showing it as increasingly overcrowded in the next 5 years.  There is already an issue with portables and science classrooms - why make it even worse for current and future students?[/quote]

[b]Mark Pierzchala and Virginia D. Onley ran election based on simply building more. They have made it clear that overcrowding is not an issue at all.[/b] None of the above numbers are 150% which is a desired outcome for both. Stop complaining. City elected both of them to make hard choices and they are making it by supporting building more houses even if schools are over crowded. APFS was an obstacle and they got rid of that. [/quote]

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